Political Quotes

“in Vermont and across this country, there is growing frustration that Members of Congress--mostly men, I should add--are trying to roll back the clock on women's reproductive rights-- in this case, the right of women to receive contraceptive services through their insurance plan. This attack is grossly unfair, and I hope men will stand with women in the fight to protect this very basic right. Let me add my strong belief that if the Senate had 83 women and 17 men rather than 83 men and 17 women, a bill such as this would never even make it to the floor. Two years ago Congress passed a health care reform bill that will expand health care access for over 30 million Americans who are uninsured as well as millions of Americans who are covered through their employers. This bill is by no means perfect--I would go further-- but it is a step forward in allowing us to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world that guarantees health care to all of their people as a right. Unfortunately, the amendment we are discussing today--Senator Blunt's amendment--would undermine much of the progress being made for women's health care through a new version of a so-called conscience exemption. Not just content to attack women's rights, Mr.…”